[arch-general] Why doesn't the evolution package version follow the stable release version from upstream?

Ralf Mardorf ralf.mardorf at rocketmail.com
Wed Jun 25 16:57:23 EDT 2014


On Wed, 2014-06-25 at 16:48 -0400, Daniel Micay wrote:
> On 25/06/14 04:42 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > Why is the Evolution package in extra evolution 3.12.3-1,
> > https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/evolution/ , when the
> > current stable version from upstream still is 3.12.2?
> > 
> > On Wed, 2014-06-25 at 20:07 +0100, at evolution-list at gnome.org Patrick
> > O'Callaghan wrote:
> >> the latest stable release currently being 3.12.2
> > 
> > "The latest stable release tarballs were uploaded on May 12, 2014:
> > 
> > evolution-3.12.2.tar.xz (NEWS)
> > evolution-data-server-3.12.2.tar.xz (NEWS)" -
> > https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution#Get_the_Source_Code
> 
> The wiki page wasn't updated for the latest stable release:
> 
> https://download.gnome.org/sources/evolution/3.12/
> 
> The tags in the Git repositories are the best source of information, not
> the wiki documentation.

IIUC this doesn't mean that it's the current stable version.
"LATEST-IS-3.13.3 23-Jun-2014 07:15" -
https://download.gnome.org/sources/evolution/3.13/

IIUC 3.13.2 is the official stable release from upstream.




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